[ A plaintive, childish call. Johanna tenses visibly, her eyes widening. ]
"You said you'd help, Jo."
[ The figure comes into view: a girl, maybe twelve, maybe younger. The few lights paint her skin shades of red and gray, and make deep holes of her eyes. Her arms are stretched out in front of her, as if to help guide her through the dimness.
Arms? Her left arm at first looks oddly foreshortened. When she stretches it out, the reason becomes clear. It's sliced off below the elbow. Dim embers burn along the edges of the stump, and around the marrow bones at its center. ]
Fuck fuck fuck fuck. [ Johanna ducks down, almost flattening herself to the floor. Her gaze flicks to Vanessa, but she doesn't really see the other woman, if her expression of panic is anything to go by. ] Shit.
"Jo, please--!"
[ Johanna flinches and focuses on Vanessa. Hissed: ] Get to the back.
"You let go, Johanna." [ The thin voice seems to get thicker with pain, and building anger. ] "Do you know what they've done to me?"
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[ A plaintive, childish call. Johanna tenses visibly, her eyes widening. ]
"You said you'd help, Jo."
[ The figure comes into view: a girl, maybe twelve, maybe younger. The few lights paint her skin shades of red and gray, and make deep holes of her eyes. Her arms are stretched out in front of her, as if to help guide her through the dimness.
Arms? Her left arm at first looks oddly foreshortened. When she stretches it out, the reason becomes clear. It's sliced off below the elbow. Dim embers burn along the edges of the stump, and around the marrow bones at its center. ]
Fuck fuck fuck fuck. [ Johanna ducks down, almost flattening herself to the floor. Her gaze flicks to Vanessa, but she doesn't really see the other woman, if her expression of panic is anything to go by. ] Shit.
"Jo, please--!"
[ Johanna flinches and focuses on Vanessa. Hissed: ] Get to the back.
"You let go, Johanna." [ The thin voice seems to get thicker with pain, and building anger. ] "Do you know what they've done to me?"